Johnson v. Louisiana

a case resulting in an influential 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing that there is no constitutional requirement that juries be unanimous in their verdict for crimes that are not punishable by death. The court concluded that permitting a majority verdict does not violate due process rights.

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Psychology term of the day

August 31st 2024

learning paradigm

an experimental design used to research incidental learning. Groups of participants are shown the same stimuli (e.g., a list of 20 words) but asked to perform different tasks with them (e.g., picture associated words, determine the average number of letters in each word). Afterward, the participants unexpectedly are asked to recall as many of the presented items as possible.